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Is Avian Flu Already Endemic? Here’s What Scientists Know
Will avian influenza cause the next global pandemic? Scientists suspect highly pathogenic avian influenza may already be endemic in the Americas and Europe. With more and more news stories cropping up...
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Scientists: Fishing boats compete with whales and penguins for Antarctic krill
As Antarctic waters warm due to climate change, krill numbers are declining, stressing wildlife that rely on the small crustaceans at the bottom of the food chain. Two huge fishing vessels make their...
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Split on Africa Big-Agri sees boycott at UN food summit
Where is the global food system headed? The different responses inside and outside the UN Food Systems Summit in Rome The global food system is on the verge of failure: it is contributing in a...
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Can aquaculture solve the Mediterranean’s overfishing problem?
Researchers reported about a “desolation scenario” around sea bream and sea bass farms in Western Greece JULIAN’S, VALLETTA and MOSTA, Malta — Mediterranean countries, under the guidance of the U.N....
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Amid record melting, countries fail again to protect Antarctic waters
For the seventh year in a row, the CCAMLR declined to establish new marine protected areas (MPAs) around Antarctica, despite concern that the melting ice in Antarctica has reached alarming levels,...
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Norwegian salmon farms gobble up fish that could feed millions in Africa: Report
Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food security of the region, according to a report from the U.K.-based NGO Feedback. Norwegian salmon farms are...
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No mercy for overfished yellowfin tuna at Indian Ocean fisheries meeting
Members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission failed to reach any agreement on reining in catches of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), which has been declared overfished for the past nine years....
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NGOs and scientists ask FAO to stop promoting salmon and other carnivorous...
On World Ocean Day over 160 groups and experts wrote to FAO, criticizing the support to “destructive” aquaculture industries. On World Oceans Day, a group of more than 160 non-governmental...
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Small farmers VS aquaculture at the FAO summit
Opposite views among politicians, producers and fishermen at the last FAO summit, which celebrated the overtaking of fish farming over fishing. Can aquaculture be a sustainable answer to feed the...
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The tug of war to ban Deep Sea Mining, the largest mining activity ever
Members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission failed to reach any agreement on reining in catches of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), which has been declared overfished for the past nine years. A...
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